Battery QR pages · EU 2023/1542
Batteries without a passport still need a code that opens the right information. Enter each model once. We host the page, in every EU language, with the waste and safety text already written.
Portable rechargeable battery
Sample 18650 cell (example only)
Do not put waste batteries in household waste. Under EU law, everyone must discard them separately, at a collection point.
Shops that sell or have sold this kind of battery take waste batteries back free of charge, at or near the shop, whatever their brand. You don’t have to buy anything.
Sellers that sell online or deliver must also offer a way to return them.
Households may also use collection points set up by public waste services.
A battery that can’t be taken out of its product goes back with the product, to a collection point for electrical and electronic waste.
Collected batteries go to permitted treatment sites, where they can be prepared for re-use or repurposing, or recycled.
Use, charge and store the battery as its instructions say, and keep it away from heat: it will last longer and make less waste.
A battery that still works may be re-used, or be repurposed or remanufactured by a professional, instead of becoming waste. Ask the seller or the manufacturer.
Do not open, crush, pierce or burn a battery, and do not expose it to high heat.
Keep it out of reach of children.
If a battery, especially a button cell, is swallowed, get medical help at once.
Stop using a battery that is swollen, leaking, hot or damaged. If its contents touch your skin or eyes, rinse with plenty of water and get medical advice.
Before returning a used battery, cover its terminals with tape so they can’t touch metal.
Lithium batteries can catch fire if damaged or short-circuited, even when they seem empty. Never put one in a household or recycling bin: it can start a fire in a waste truck or a sorting plant.
Keep a damaged lithium battery away from anything that can burn, and ask the collection point how to return it. If it catches fire, move away and call the emergency services.
Batteries contain substances that can harm human health and the environment if they leak or burn.
That can happen when a battery is littered or thrown into mixed waste, which can also cause fires.
This battery’s hazardous substances are listed above.
It depends on the battery’s category, and on your role. If you import products with a battery inside, treat yourself as the battery’s importer.
This page is for you
Cells, tool packs and the batteries in phones, toys and other products, starter (SLI) batteries, and industrial batteries of up to 2 kWh. The code opens a set of information, with no passport and no registry.
You need a battery passport instead
Light means of transport (LMT) batteries, electric vehicle batteries and industrial batteries above 2 kWh need a passport for each battery. olinqs doesn’t make those.
Try it here with your own battery. Nothing is saved until you create your page.
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Its name, category and main details. Add the rest in the editor.
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SVG or PNG, for the battery or, if its nature and size make that impossible or not warranted, the packaging and documents.
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A clean page in their own language, with where to return the battery and how to handle it safely.
Portable rechargeable battery
Sample 18650 cell (example only)
Do not put waste batteries in household waste. Under EU law, everyone must discard them separately, at a collection point.
Shops that sell or have sold this kind of battery take waste batteries back free of charge, at or near the shop, whatever their brand. You don’t have to buy anything.
Sellers that sell online or deliver must also offer a way to return them.
Households may also use collection points set up by public waste services.
A battery that can’t be taken out of its product goes back with the product, to a collection point for electrical and electronic waste.
Collected batteries go to permitted treatment sites, where they can be prepared for re-use or repurposing, or recycled.
Use, charge and store the battery as its instructions say, and keep it away from heat: it will last longer and make less waste.
A battery that still works may be re-used, or be repurposed or remanufactured by a professional, instead of becoming waste. Ask the seller or the manufacturer.
Do not open, crush, pierce or burn a battery, and do not expose it to high heat.
Keep it out of reach of children.
If a battery, especially a button cell, is swallowed, get medical help at once.
Stop using a battery that is swollen, leaking, hot or damaged. If its contents touch your skin or eyes, rinse with plenty of water and get medical advice.
Before returning a used battery, cover its terminals with tape so they can’t touch metal.
Lithium batteries can catch fire if damaged or short-circuited, even when they seem empty. Never put one in a household or recycling bin: it can start a fire in a waste truck or a sorting plant.
Keep a damaged lithium battery away from anything that can burn, and ask the collection point how to return it. If it catches fire, move away and call the emergency services.
Batteries contain substances that can harm human health and the environment if they leak or burn.
That can happen when a battery is littered or thrown into mixed waste, which can also cause fires.
This battery’s hazardous substances are listed above.
The editor keeps what you entered here. Add your declaration of conformity and collection points there.
What the rules ask of batteries without a passport, and who provides it.
| On the page | The rule | Who provides it |
|---|---|---|
| EU declaration of conformity | Art. 18 | You: a link to your document |
| Waste prevention, separate collection, safety, what the markings mean, effects on health and the environment | Art. 74(1)(a)–(f) | Written for you, in every EU language. Check that it fits your battery. |
| Where to return the battery | Art. 74(1)(c) | General text from us, and your links for each country |
| Separate collection symbol, Cd and Pb | Art. 13(4), (5) | The symbol is there; you tick Cd or Pb if they apply |
| Maker, category, model, place and date, weight, capacity, chemistry, hazardous substances, extinguishing agent, critical raw materials | Art. 13(1)–(3), Annex VI | You. On our reading these aren’t needed behind the code until the labelling act applies, but you can publish them now. The maker’s details and the model must already be on the battery. |
| SLI batteries only: cobalt, lead, lithium or nickel recovered from waste | Art. 13(6)(c), Art. 8 | You, once you have the figure |
| Report on due diligence | Art. 52(3) | You, if you’re above the threshold: a link |
| How to remove and replace the battery | Art. 11(1) | You, if it’s in a product. Optional, but it must be online somewhere. |
Last checked against the texts: 6 November 2026. Sources · What is still changing
The rules want the waste information in a language people understand. The page follows the phone that scans it, in every EU language. What you type stays as you typed it; what we wrote is translated.
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Do not put waste batteries in household waste.
Under EU law, everyone must discard them separately, at a collection point.
Lägg inte förbrukade batterier i hushållsavfallet.
Enligt EU-lagstiftningen måste alla göra sig av med dem separat, på en insamlingsplats.
Entsorgen Sie Altbatterien nicht im Hausmüll.
Nach EU-Recht sind alle verpflichtet, sie getrennt an einer Sammelstelle zu entsorgen.
Nie wyrzucać zużytych baterii razem z odpadami domowymi.
Zgodnie z prawem UE każdy musi pozbywać się ich osobno, w punkcie zbierania.
Pricing
The same plans as everything else on olinqs. Pay once, for as many models as you have.
$10 once
Your battery pages in a clean, simple design.
$200 once
Your company’s look on the page.
No page can do that alone. It gives you a place for what the code must open. The declaration of conformity, the marking on the battery, the other duties (such as giving the waste information at the point of sale) and the accuracy of what you enter stay your responsibility, and we don’t check them. Read the wording we provide and make sure it fits your battery.
The manufacturer must make sure the battery is marked, but an importer may only place compliant batteries on the market, and must check first. The regulation’s recitals say that covers batteries “incorporated into or added to products”. So ask your factory now. If it has no page to point the code to, this can be that page.
For batteries without a passport, we read it that way. The regulation asks for high contrast and a size a phone can read. The identifier standards it names (ISO/IEC 15459) are in the passport article.
On the battery, printed or engraved. Only where its nature and size make that impossible or not warranted does it go on the packaging and the documents, so your factory may need the code before production. You can make it now and fill in the page later.
You edit the page. The code stays the same, so nothing already printed needs changing because of the page. The physical label is a separate matter, and we track where those rules stand in the guide.
Nothing: the pages and their codes keep working. Core is paid once, and a Pro plan that ends leaves your pages online as they are. We’ll do our best to keep olinqs running for as long as possible: what “lifetime” means.
No. E-bike, e-scooter, electric vehicle and industrial batteries above 2 kWh need a passport, with a registry and levels of access, which is a different kind of product. The guide outlines what it involves.
This page explains a service; it is not legal advice.